Passed by unanimous consent, a Senate bill aims to compensate US military officers whose promotions were delayed because of a hold by Floribama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville will receive the back pay differential that was withheld due to the Senate’s malfunction, Politico reports.
The bipartisan bill was co-sponsored by South Dakota Republican Mike Rounds and West Virginia Whatever-the-hell-Joe-Manchin-is Joe Manchin–and one of the first Senators to endorse the legislation was the aforementioned Tommy Tuberville. “Finally, we’re able to right the wrong of Sen. Tuberville’s illogical, hurtful and dangerous holds and the massive impacts the holds had on military families,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer commented.